In Popular Culture
In 2003 Westwood was featured in the BBC television Social anthropology project Video Nation. A photo reportage entitled Fan de foot. So British! by Paris based photographer Andrew McLeish about men, passion and football, focussing on Westwood, won the French magazine Paris Match's 2004 "Prix du Public" competition for photography students.
He also features on the cover of Chuck Culpepper's 2007 book, Up Pompey, an American's take on English football fans.
In 2008 a portrait of Westwood by artist Karl Rudziak won the Portsmouth Open Art Competition. In February 2009 it was accepted for the BP Portrait Awards exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, where it was on display from June until September. On 28 September 2009 the exhibition began a national tour, starting at the Southampton City Art Gallery. Not surprisingly, the Southampton FC supporters did not give the display a warm welcome.
Rudziak commented that during the sittings for the portrait, he began to understand that Westwood's tattoos and costume were not simply an attention seeking display but a way of externalising his deep passion for Portsmouth FC and reflecting his inner self.
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